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ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH

ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,999 to it, the largest being THE FORBES FUNDS ($9,999). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$128k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$0
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Arts for Autism Foundation of Pgh does

Mission

Supporting the creative expression of adolescents and young adults with autism through arts programs conducted by industry professionals.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

The joey travolta film camp is an inclusive film camp for adolescents and young adults with autism. It is specifically designed to address social, communication, executive function, transition and vocational goals tailored to each student. Students are actively engaged in teamwork with the objective of producing a short film. Students gain real work experience in the areas of concept development, story boarding, acting, costume design, set design, production and editing in this two week program. The target enrollment is 50 students per year and the camp has benefitted more than 200 participants since its inception.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($98k) Expenses 100 ($117k) Net assets 100 ($39k)2018 Revenue 131 ($128k) Expenses 103 ($121k) Net assets 0 ($0)
20172018
Revenue (131)Expenses (103)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $39k to $0 (−100%).

$39k
$0
20172018
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

−$19k
’17
$7k
’18
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
The Forbes Fundsunclassified
$10k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 10%Fundraising 5%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH?
ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $9,999 to it, the largest being THE FORBES FUNDS ($9,999). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $9,999 in grants to ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH.
Who is the largest funder of ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH?
THE FORBES FUNDS is the largest funder on record, with $9,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ARTS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION OF PGH find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing